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minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoIn what way? Versatile, current gen fighter, sought after by every western country
minus-squareEndlessApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoCopied and pasted from another comment F-35 Fighter Jet Problems Affect the Whole US Military Aircraft Fleet https://www.businessinsider.com/ongoing-f35-fighter-jet-problems-affect-whole-us-military-fleet-2023-1?amp F-35 Aircraft: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the … https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341 F-35 fighter jets ‘mission capable’ only 55% of the time, watchdog report finds https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-21/f35-jets-crash-repairs-11446626.html Not a Lot of F-35s Are Flying Right Now - Popular Mechanics https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a42912833/f-35-availability-problems/ Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/magazine/f35-joint-strike-fighter-program.html Yea no the f35 is complete ass, they’re cartoonishly overpriced for how often they break down
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoHow do they stack up vs other same gen/same stealth models? Are foreign contracts drying up? Netherlands and many others are frothing for them.
minus-squareFades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoexactly While the United States is the primary customer and financial backer, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway and Denmark agreed to contribute US$4.375 billion toward the development costs of the program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_procurement
In what way? Versatile, current gen fighter, sought after by every western country
Copied and pasted from another comment
F-35 Fighter Jet Problems Affect the Whole US Military Aircraft Fleet https://www.businessinsider.com/ongoing-f35-fighter-jet-problems-affect-whole-us-military-fleet-2023-1?amp
F-35 Aircraft: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the … https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341 F-35 fighter jets ‘mission capable’ only 55% of the time, watchdog report finds https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-21/f35-jets-crash-repairs-11446626.html
Not a Lot of F-35s Are Flying Right Now - Popular Mechanics https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a42912833/f-35-availability-problems/
Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/magazine/f35-joint-strike-fighter-program.html
Yea no the f35 is complete ass, they’re cartoonishly overpriced for how often they break down
How do they stack up vs other same gen/same stealth models?
Are foreign contracts drying up? Netherlands and many others are frothing for them.
exactly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_procurement